Gale-force winds rip roof off airport in China

Gusts of over 30 metres per second caused the incident

Monday 05 March 2018 20:24 GMT

Dramatic video shows gale-force winds rip roof off airport in China

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This is the moment gale-force winds caused part of an airport’s departure hall roof to collapse.

Footage shared on social media showed panic-stricken travellers screaming as large pieces of metal came crashing to the ground at the Nanchang Changbei International Airport in East China’s Jiangxi Provinc

However, no one was injured during the collapse, the airport said in a statement.

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